Category: POLICY

[EXPERT PANEL + PUBLICATION] ‘Democracy in Asia’ Phase II Project Report Launch Event at the Brookings Institution

Democracy in Asia: Addressing challenges to democratic governance

[EXPERT PANEL + PUBLICATION] ‘Framing the Future: U.S.-ROK Tech Cooperation to Achieve Net Zero’ at the National Bureau of Asian Research (NBR)

The long-awaited publication on net-zero that I have been working with National Bureau of Asian Research (NBR) has now been published. Click the right for the PDF of the report. This policy report is an outcome of the expert panel held at the NBR HQ in Seattle on June 14, 2022 (read below for further […]

[EXPERT PANEL] ‘Privacy & Ethics in the Digital Era’ at the 2022 Asian Leadership Conference

During my visit to South Korea this summer, I spoke on a panel at the Asian Leadership Conference held in Seoul from July 13-14, 2022 at the Shilla Hotel in Seoul. Usually the ALC involves speakers that are big-shots in grand ballrooms and I enjoyed the line-up of speakers that are well known, but also […]

[EXPERT PANEL] ‘South Korea and the New Geoeconomics of Asia’ at the Brookings Institution

On May 25, 2022, I spoke for the first time at a panel organized by Dr. Mireya Solis and Dr. Andrew Yeo at the Center on East Asia Policy (CEAP) at the Foreign Policy Program of the Brookings Institution, with distinguished panelists Hye-Min Lee and Wendy Cutler, who were the prime negotiators of the U.S.-ROK FTA […]

[PUBLICATION] Policy Paper on South Korea’s Pathways toward a CBDC published by Korea Economic Institute (KEI)

My policy paper, ‘South Korea’s Critical Moment in Digital Currency Policymaking: Between Regulating Cryptocurrencies and Launching a Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC)’ has just been published by the Korea Economic Institute of America (KEI) in Washington, DC. Click on the right to read. This is my ongoing effort on addressing regulating digital currencies in global finance, following […]

[DOSSIER] Contribution on Semiconductors to Italian think-tank ISPI (Instituto per gli Studi di Politica Internazionale) published

My latest contribution on semiconductors in global manufacturing has been published in an edited dossier by the Italian Institute for International Political Studies, or ISPI (Instituto per gli Studi di Politica Internazionale), an Italian think-tank in Milan, Italy and a partner of the G20 Summit hosted by the Italian government in 2021. June Park. ‘Why […]

[EXPERT PANEL] Webinar on ‘Decoupling from China? Managing reputational and compliance risks in global supply chains’ with Aperio Intelligence

On June 16, 2021, I will speak on an expert panel on the geopolitics and the risk management arising from decoupling from China. I will be offering analysis from the broader context of tech decoupling and its limitations. Please RSVP at the link below to attend. Webinar: Decoupling from China? Managing reputational and compliance risks in […]

[FELLOWSHIP] Selected as inaugural Salzburg Global Seminar-Korea Foundation Fellow

I have been selected as one of the inaugural Salzburg Global Seminar-Korea Foundation Fellows for the 2021-2022 academic year (May 2021-May 2022). I will work closely with Dr. Charles Ehrlich of Salzburg Global Seminar and will conduct a capstone project, ‘Post-Pandemic Conflicts in Data Governance and Technology: The Varieties of Data Protection Regulations in the EU, South Korea, […]

[REPORT & 2,000 TREES] Expert Participation in ‘Perception of the Planned EU Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism in the Asia Pacific’ by Konrad Adenauer Foundation

At the end of 2020, I participated in an expert survey conducted by the Konrad Adenauer Foundation, called ‘Perception of the Planned EU Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism in the Asia Pacific’. Set to be proposed by the EU Parliament in June 2021 for implementation from 2022, there are questions that may arise in addition to […]

[PODCAST] South Korea’s AI in COVID-19 with ‘East Asia Hotspots,’ East Asia National Resource Center at George Washington University Elliott School of International Affairs

On October 30, 2020, I will be recording a podcast episode with Richard Haddock of the podcast, ‘East Asia Hotspots’ at the East Asia National Resource Center at the Elliott School of International Affairs at the George Washington University, where I currently serve as East Asia Voice Initiative (EAVI) fellow. We will cover South Korea’s […]